Method of making bottle-closures.



H. S. SHEPPARD.

METHOD OF MAKING BOTTLE GLOSUBES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 28,1908.

902,843. Patented Nov. 3, 190a.

Stat HENRY SHEPPARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

METHOD OF MAKING BOTTLE-GLOSUBES.

No, Q JMBWn Specification of Letters Patent. A nwci 'a filed May 2a,1908. Serial No. 35,383.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

" To all concern:

p aithat, l, Ilnxnv S. Hlll lllAltl), ":l'subjecttifflthc' King of Greatlhhitain. re sitting at Chicaginin the county of (ook and eof Illinois,have invented a certain new and l e i .fi'illii 'priiveinent in a Methodof I ottloclosnres, of which thofol- "'loiving a full, clear, concise,and exact deseri t.,1on.- alyin "ing' bottleclosures, its object. is toprovide "a bottlefclosure of the nature of the ordinary paste 'lio ii ddisk, ,a .lapte.d to be inserted in the countersunk opening in a milkbottle or the like, sa'id disk-beng provided with means by in ay helifted from the mouth of ar b ttle; f

fgflfiijither object is to produce a simple ""tle tice ofthis characterby a simple and incxpensive method; of malnifacturing the me. "lhebofi'le i'losiii'e made in accordance with tliefii-ie til'iiidi'of iii yinvention consists of a disk of pasteboard, or thelike, in which one endof a thread sewed, the other end of said thread being adapted to begrasped for the purpose of withdrawing the disk from the mouth of thebottle.

The structi re of the bottle closure and my preferred mthod of making;the same. may be more readily understood. by reference to theiccoinpanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank ofpasteboard or the like having a thread stitched 5 across it, the dottedcircles indicating the disks which are to be punched or otherwise formedfrom the blank; Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing a modification; Figs. 3and 4 are plan views of the disks resulting from the tan 'iloyment ofthe methods illustrated in Fig. I and Fig. 9, respectively; Fig. 5 is aperspective view partly in section and partly broken away, showing theapplication of the bottle-closu re.

Like parts are designated by similar reference characters throughout theseveral views.

A eoi'mnonly-iIsed closure for milk bottles consists of a pasteboarddisk which fits in.

the countersunk opening of the bottle. Such disk has, heretofore, beencommonly removed, in opening the bottle, by inserting the tine of a forkor other sharp pointed implement dowmvard through the disk and the-nlifting the disk out of its seat by means tion relates to a method ofmakof said fork or other inlplemel'it. Such method of removing the diskis objectionable, for the reason that in pushing the implement down soas to pierce the disk; there is a liability of the disk bending or beingpushed into the milk. In such event, the downward pressure of the diskupon the surface of the milk may cause some of the liquid to be forciblyejected from the bottle. Moreover, the removal of the stopper in suchmanner geiicrally renders it unfit for re-im sertion in the bottleopening.

In th bottle closure of my invention. the disk 1 of pasteboard orsimilar material has atlixed thereto a thread 2 as shown in Fig. 4 or athread '2. as shown in Fig. 3. Such thread provides a readily accessiblehandle by which the disk may be withdrawn from the opening 3 of a bottle4-, as shown in Fig. 5. The thread land 2* are affixed to the disk bybeing sewed or stitched into the same. as at 3. the free end of thethread being; of sntlicient length to be grasped by the fingers.

Prior to my invention, various means have been suggested for renderingthe pasteboard disk readily removable. but. so far as involve suchexpense as to render the. device i impracticable.

A further feature of my invention consists. therefore, in. the method offorming the disk with the string attached thereto.

Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. the card or blank 6 of pasteboard orother like. material from which the disks 1 are to be punched, is firstprovided with a row of thread 7 stitched thereto. the stitches beingindicated at 5. .Instead of having the stitches continuous in the row, Ipreferably provide such stitches at definite points or intervals only,such intervals corresponding approximately to the diameter of the disksto be formed. The thread however is. as shown, continuous. there lyingbetween each interval of stitching a straight unstitched portion 2 ofthe thread.

After the thread has been thus secured. preferably at intervals, to theblank 6, the disks are punched from said blank, so that each'disk mayinclude one of the points of attaching of the thread, which may be doneby punching the disks along the line of the row 7, as indicated in Fig.l and Fig. 2. In punching the disks the thread is of course severed,each disk being thus provided with a thread 2 or 2 forminga handlesecured at one end to the disk by stitches 5.

When, as shown in Fig. 2, the row of thread 7 extends diametricallyacross the disks, a longer free end 2 of the thread for each separatedisk is provided than when the row extends across a short are of eachdisk. In either case the disks are preferably so punched that. thetitches 5 are near the -circumference thereof.

With the thread 2 thus secured near the circumference of the disk, aslight upward pull will readily remove the disk 1 from the mouth 2 ofthe bottle without injuring the disk and Without danger of spilling themilk.

While for purposes of illustration I have shown only one row ofstitching and one row of disks, it is obvious that myinvention is not solimited, and that the card may beprovided with as many rows of threadattached thereto as there are rows of disks capable of being punchedfrom the card.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The method of forming disk bottle-closures which consists in aflixingat intervals :1 line of thread to a blank and punching out disks fromsaid blank along said line of thread, thereby forming said disks and atthe same time severing saidithread in separate portions each of which isattached to a disk.

2. The method ofin'ianuf-acturing disk bottie-closures which consists insewing a line of thread into a card of pasteboard with groups ofstitches made with said thread at spaced apart portions of the card, andpunching out a plurality of disks therefrom, each disk includlng aportion of said thread.

3. The method of manufacturing bottleclosures whiclrconsists inattaching a line of thread to a card of pasteboard by stitches atintervals in said line corresponding approximately to the diameter ofthe disks to be formed from said card, and punching out the disks alongthe line of said line of thread. 7

4. The method of forming disk bottle-closures which consists inextending a line of thread across the surface of a card, and attaehingthe same to the card at points corresponding approximately to thediameter of the disks to be formed from said card, and punching eachdisk from said card so to include one of the points of attaching, and atthe same time severing the thread into separate portions attached tothedisks formed.

In Witness whereof, I, hereunto subscribe my name this 25th, day of MayA. 17., 1908.

HENRY S. SHEPPARD.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. FoLK, Gno. C. DAVISON.

